#1 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Desoto Civic Center
4560 Venture Drive Southaven MS
~8.16 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Audubon Park
Lakeland TN
~8.51 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Downtown Southaven (Neighborhood)
Southhaven MS
~9.29 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Lichterman Nature Center
5992 Quince Rd Memphis TN
~9.95 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Located in the heart of metropolitan Memphis, the Center features exciting new exhibits, lush gardens featuring native wildflowers and trees, and a tradition of excellence in environmental education set in the midst of 65 acres of lake, meadow, and forest.
Lichterman Nature Center, a certified arboretum located in Memphis, Tennessee off Ridgeway at 5992 Quince Road in East Memphis. Lichterman Nature Center is one of the facilities within the Pink Palace Family of Museums. Family memberships thru the Pink Palace are honored at Lichterman Nature Center as well.
Through environmental education and interpretation of native wildlife, Lichterman Nature Center fosters a sense of stewardship for the earth by heightening the visitor's appreciation and understanding of the natural world. The nature center places an emphasis on nature related education, including hands-on explorations, microscopic discoveries, a forest boardwalk three stories high, and an underwater viewing area.
Among the many attractions are the Visitor Center which showcases interactive exhibits, preserved specimen animal exhibits with hands on petting patches of fur of the featured animals, a lake cam, the Nature Store offering nature oriented gifts, toys, books and other educational materials. The 65 acre wildlife observation area includes a three mile nature path which is home to a wide variety of native plants, birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals. The Nature Center no longer accepts wounded or abandoned wild animals and no longer has vetinarian staff on site.
Also included on the property are a Special Events Pavilion providing a sheltered place for meetings, family reunions, receptions and overnight youth programs. The Amphitheatre features an intimate staging area for outdoor programs. The Backyard Wildlife Center provides a variety of living and interactive exhibits about the three distinct habitats represented at the Nature Center: Lake, Meadow and Forest. The center offers free maps of the property but accepts and depends upon public donations and volunteers for support.
Throughout the year, Lichterman Nature Center hosts several events open to the public including Plant Sales, Earthfest, Discovery Days, Privet Pulls and specialized programs for school age children as well as adults. Lichterman Nature Center is a unique and ideal setting for business meetings, weddings, receptions, family reunions and other special events that can be arranged thru their Special Events Coordinator.
http://www.memphismuseums.org/lichterman-overview/
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Graceland Mansion
3734 Elvis Presley Blvd. Memphis TN
~10.58 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Graceland is a large white-columned mansion and 13.8-acre (56,000 m2) estate that was home to Elvis Presley in Memphis. It is located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in the vast Whitehaven community about twelve miles (19 km) from Downtown and less than four miles (6 km) north of the Mississippi border. It currently serves as a museum. It was opened to the public in 1982, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1991 and declared a National Historic Landmark on March 27, 2006.
Elvis Presley died at the estate on August 16, 1977. Presley, his parents Gladys and Vernon Presley, and his grandmother, are buried there in what is called the Meditation Gardens.
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Graceland (Elvis' Home)
Cordova TN
~11.98 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Graceland is a large white-columned mansion and 13.8-acre (56,000 m2) estate that was home to Elvis Presley in Memphis. It is located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in the vast Whitehaven community about twelve miles (19 km) from Downtown and less than four miles (6 km) north of the Mississippi border. It currently serves as a museum. It was opened to the public in 1982, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1991 and declared a National Historic Landmark on March 27, 2006.
Elvis Presley died at the estate on August 16, 1977. Presley, his parents Gladys and Vernon Presley, and his grandmother, are buried there in what is called the Meditation Gardens.
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Germantown
Germantown TN
~12.04 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 37,348 at the 2000 census.
Germantown is a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. Bordering Memphis to the east, Germantown's economy is dominated by the retail and commercial service sectors. There is no heavy industry in Germantown. In the city center is the "Old Germantown" neighborhood, anchored by a railroad depot (a 1948 reproduction of the 1868 original) and railroad tracks that recall the community's earliest days of development as an outpost along the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
Germantown, and areas around it, are dotted with larger horse farms, and smaller barns housing just a few horses.[citation needed] The City hosts many horse shows and competitions annually, most notably the Germantown Charity Horse Show in June. Other major annual events include the Germantown Festival, an arts and crafts fair, in early September.
Germantown is known for having some of the most restrictive sign ordinances in the country[citation needed] as well as excellent police and fire services.
On November 27, 1994 a strong F3 tornado tore through eastern portions of Germantown resulting in three fatalities in one home where several families had gathered for a reunion.
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Memphis Botanic Gardens Hardin Hall
Memphis TN
~12.09 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Traveler Description: Peaceful gardens offering beautiful scenery all year round.
Attraction type: Garden, Other
Address: 750 Cherry Road. Memphis, TN 38117
Tel: 901 685 1566
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
University of Memphis
Lakeland TN
~12.89 miles from Olive Branch city center
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The University of Memphis is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee and is the flagship public research university of the Tennessee Board of Regents system.
The University was founded under the auspices of the General Education Bill, enacted by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1909.
Known originally as West Tennessee State Normal School, the institution opened its doors September 10, 1912, with Dr. Seymour A. Mynders as President. A number of minor name changes occurred between 1912 and 1941, with the "West Tennessee State" name remaining at the forefront of each.
In 1941, the name of the University changed, becoming Memphis State College. In 1950, graduate studies were initiated, and in 1954, the school switched from a quarter to a semester system. In 1957, Memphis State College became Memphis State University. In 1959, the university admitted its first black students, and the first doctoral programs began in 1966.
The 1990s were characterized by another name change and another building boom. In 1994, MSU became the University of Memphis, and the Ned R. McWherter Library was completed. Moving into the 21st century, the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management and the FedEx Institute of Technology have made their mark on the University landscape.
Today, the University of Memphis is one of Tennessee's three comprehensive doctoral-extensive institutions of higher learning. Situated in central Memphis, the University awards more than 3,000 degrees annually.
With an enrollment of more than 21,000 students, the University of Memphis has 25 Chairs of Excellence and five state-approved Centers of Excellence.
The University maintains the Journalism and Public Relations department, Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI), Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Loewenberg School of Nursing, FedEx Institute of Technology and the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology.
In 2010, U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Memphis as a Tier 4 university in its Best Colleges 2010 annual rankings.
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Art Museum of the University of Memphis
Memphis TN
~13.15 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Pink Palace Museum
Memphis TN
~13.76 miles from Olive Branch city center
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This museum is housed in the Georgian marble home built in the 1920s by Clarence Sanders, founder of the Piggly Wiggly grocery store chain. Sanders never got to live here, and the city transformed the site into a complex of attractions, including the Sharpe Planetarium and an IMAX theater . The Pink Palace's exhibits cover topics ranging from dinosaurs to the Civil War, and from the early Spanish explorers to the evolution of medical research in Memphis.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Lakeland TN
~14.16 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium is a football stadium located at the Mid-South Fairgrounds in Midtown Memphis, Tennessee, United States. The stadium is the site of the annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl, and is the home field of the University of Memphis Tigers football team. It has also been the host of several attempts at professional sports in the city, as well as other local football games and other gatherings.
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Mark Neel Field
Germantown TN
~14.37 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Baseball field
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Children's Museum of Memphis
Memphis TN
~14.37 miles from Olive Branch city center
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The Children's Museum of Memphis creates memorable learning experiences through the joy of play in hands-on exhibits and programs.
Core Values
• The intersection of play and hands-on learning
• A positive impact on the community
• A positive family experience
• A complement to classroom education
• Inclusiveness
• Excellent customer service
• Nurturing appropriate partnerships in the community
• Following the best practices of the children’s museums field
Incorporated in 1987, the museum is a private, nonprofit (classified as a 501(c)(3) organization) educational children’s museum.
• 1985 Children’s Museum Planning Group formed.
• 1987 The Children's Museum of Memphis incorporated as a private, nonprofit educational corporation.
• 1988 The museum signed a lease with the City of Memphis for the National Guard Armory complex.
• 1990 After raising $3 million for construction, opened to the public on June 16.
• 1991 Celebrated first birthday in June with a first-year attendance of over 200,000 visitors.
• 1993 Celebrated third birthday with cumulative attendance of over 500,000 visitors.
• 1995 Celebrated fifth birthday with cumulative attendance of over 750,000 visitors.
• 1997 Celebrated seventh birthday with cumulative attendance of over one million visitors.
• 1999 Began a $6 million capital campaign to expand the museum by 16,000 square feet with four new exhibit galleries.
• 2001 Finished the $6 million capital campaign (raised $7.2 million) to expand the museum. Groundbreaking ceremony and construction began on March 23.
• 2002 Museum expansion completed and opened on August 3. Welcomed the museum’s 1,500,000th visitor.
• 2005 Welcomed the museum’s 2,000,000th visitor.
• 2008 Welcomed the museum’s 2,500,000th visitor.
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Hard Rock Cafe
315 Beale St Memphis TN
~15.26 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of Theme Restaurants founded in 1971 by Americans Peter Morton & Isaac Tigrett. The first location opened near Hyde Park Corner in London, England. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock 'n' roll ephemera, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2006, Hard Rock was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Currently, there are 140 Hard Rock locations in over 40 countries.
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
FedEx Forum - Memphis Grizzlies
191 Beale Street Memphis TN
~15.26 miles from Olive Branch city center
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FedExForum is an arena located in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. It is the home of the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA and the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball program of the University of Memphis (the Tigers), both of whom previously played home games at the Pyramid Arena. The arena officially opened in September 2004 after much debate and also an Alberta clipper wind storm in July 22, 2003, that nearly brought down the cranes that were building it near the famed Beale Street. It was built at a cost of $250 million and is owned by the City of Memphis; naming rights were purchased by one of Memphis' most well-known business, FedEx, for $92 million. FedExForum was financed using $250 million of public bonds, which were issued by the Memphis Public Building Authority (PBA). The venue also has the capability of hosting ice hockey games, concerts, and family shows.
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Beale Street
Beale Street Memphis TN
~15.26 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Beale Street has been playing the blues for more than half a century. Named after an unknown military hero in 1841, it acted as General Ulysses S. Grant’s headquarters during the Civil War. But, Beale Street’s heyday was in the 1920’s, when the area took on a carnival atmosphere and gambling, drinking, prostitution, murder and voodoo thrived alongside the booming nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, stores, pawnshops and hot music. One club, The Monarch, was known as The Castle of Missing Men due to the fact that its gunshot victims and dead gamblers could be easily disposed of at the undertaker’s place that shared their back alley. In the early evenings, boxback suits and Stetson hats mingled with overalls. Young ladies began to sashay around and inside the bars, gamblers waited for an easy mark from the country to come strolling in, bug-eyed at the ways of the big city. If the mark escaped from the dice or the cards, maybe the rube would fall victim to Little Ora, who was always ready to prove her reputation as the best pickpocket between New Orleans and St. Louis. Or maybe he’d just stop over at PeeWee’s and visit with the musicians, or play a little pool, or secure the voodoo protection of Mary the Wonder.
By mid-evening, the street would be packed and a one-block walk could take forever, especially if he had to detour around the medicine show set up in the little hole in the wall, or if he stopped and listened to the wandering bluesman playing for pennies and nickels.
There was the sight of Machine Gun Kelly peddling bottled whiskey from a clothes basket back before he moved into the ranks of big-time crime.
There were numerous gamblers setting a box next to the card table and sliding a share of the take into it for the church down the street.
There were big vaudeville shows at the Palace and the Daisy, hot snoot sandwiches at the corner café jug bands playing down at the park and one block over on Gayoso there was a red-light district to rival New Orleans’ Storyville.
Good or bad – Beale Street created some memories.
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Le Bonheur Cordova Urgent Care
8035 Club Pkwy Cordova TN - 901-758-6000
~15.48 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Overton Park and Zoo
Millington TN
~15.50 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Overton Park is a large, 342-acre public park in Midtown Memphis, Tennessee. The park grounds contain the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis Zoo, a 9-hole golf course, Memphis College of Art, Rainbow Lake, Veterans Plaza, Greensward, and other features. The Old Forest Arboretum of Overton Park, one of the few remaining old growth forests in Tennessee, is a natural arboretum with labeled trees along trails.
Overton Park was designed by landscape architect George Kessler as part of a comprehensive plan that also included M.L. King Riverside Park and the Memphis Parkway System. The planning began in 1901, and Overton Park was established in 1906.[1] The park is named for John Overton, a co-founder of Memphis.[2]
In the 1960s and 1970s Overton Park was the subject of controversy when 26 of its 342 acres (1.38 km2) were slated by highway planners to be demolished to build Interstate Highway 40 through the park to make it easier for suburban commuters to get to downtown. However, many residents of midtown formed a group known as Citizens to Preserve Overton Park and challenged the plan in court. Ultimately, the United States Supreme Court ruled in their favor in the landmark case Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe.[3]
Overton Park was selected for inclusion in the 2009 Landslide Program sponsored by The Cultural Landscape Foundation.[4] This program "spotlights great places designed by seminal and regionally influential landscape figures, which are threatened with change."
Overton Park also includes the famous Shell Theatre, where Elvis Presley gave his first paid concert on July 30, 1954.
The Overton Park Shell was built in 1936 by the City of Memphis and the Works Progress Administration for $11,935, as part of the New Deal. Designed by architect Max Furbringer, it was modeled after similar shells in Chicago, New York, and St. Louis. The WPA built 27 band shells, the Overton Park Shell is one of only a few that still remain.
During the 1930s and 1940s, the Shell was the site of Memphis Open Air Theater orchestral shows, along with various light opera and musicals. However, on July 30, 1954, Elvis Presley opened for headliner Slim Whitman, and performed what music historians call the first-ever rock and roll show.[5]
In the mid-1960s, the Shell was turned over to the Memphis Arts Center, who planned to raze it in order to build a $2 million theater. However, a campaign led by Noel Gilbert, long-time conductor of the Memphis Concert Orchestra, gathered 6,000 signatures in order to prevent its destruction. Later, in 1972, the Shell was nearly removed in order to build a parking garage, but was again saved by the outcry from the community.
In 1982, the National Conference of Christians and Jews proposed a restoration, and the Shell was renamed in honor of Raoul Wallenberg. However, they could not raise the necessary funds, so by 1984, the previous plan for a parking lot began once again. This time, the Shell was saved by Mayor Richard Hackett. He pledged to fund a renovation if a private group would spearhead an arts program.
In 1985, the Shell lay dormant for the first time in its history. In 1986, a corporation was formed by private citizens named Save Our Shell, Inc. For the following 20 years, Save Our Shell presented hundreds of free programs there.
In 2007, the Shell was renamed Levitt Shell at Overton Park and a large-scale renovation funded by the Levitt Foundation was begun.[6] The renovation was conducted by Memphis firm Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects with state-of-the-art audio and visual design. With the completion of the renovations on September 8, 2008, free concerts are now once again held in the Shell.
Overton Park Zoo (now named the Memphis Zoo) began in 1906, when a resident of Memphis couldn't keep his pet black bear in his backyard. He had it put in a pen in the park, which attracted many people, inspiring the idea to place more animals on display. The Memphis Zoo is now one of the largest in the United States, attracting 1 million visitors per year. The zoo houses two pandas, who are local celebrities, as well as three polar bears, brought in to the Northwest Passage exhibition which opened in March 2006.
The Memphis Zoo is home to more than 3,500 animals representing over 500 different species. The Zoo has been a major tenant of Overton Park for more than 100 years. The city-owned land currently designated to the Zoo was defined by the Overton Park master plan in 1988. The Zoo is set on 76 acres (310,000 m2), of which approximately 55 acres (220,000 m2) are developed.
The Memphis Zoo was recently ranked "#1 Zoo in the U.S." by TripAdvisor.com[8]. The Zoo has completed over $77 million for renovation and expansion since the early 1990s, making it one of the finest zoological parks in the nation. The Zoo's animal inhabitants reside in one-of-a-kind exhibitry, such as Northwest Passage and CHINA - home to giant pandas Ya Ya and Le Le. The Memphis Zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA). Memphis Zoo, Ya Ya and Le Le are trademarks of the Memphis Zoo.
In February, 2008, the Memphis Zoo cleared 4 acres (16,000 m2) of old growth forest in the Old Forest Arboretum at Overton Park in order to begin construction of the Zoo's new Teton Trek exhibit[9]. The Teton Trek exhibit will feature animals native to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem such as grizzly bears, elk, gray wolves, trumpeter swans and sandhill crane.[10]
The Zoo's decision to clear old growth forest to build the Teton Trek exhibit has been criticized by Citizens to Preserve Overton Park[11] and Park Friends Inc.
The Zoo’s conservation department’s mission statement is “To use science and technology for greater understanding of the natural world's ecosystems, to preserve the biodiversity of our plants and animals and to educate the public on conservation priorities.”
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
Memphis TN
~15.52 miles from Olive Branch city center
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The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is a museum located in Memphis, Tennessee, at 926 McLemore Avenue, the former location of Stax Records. It is operated by Soulsville USA, which also operates the adjacent Stax Music Academy.
After Stax Records went bankrupt and closed in 1976, the Stax studio was sold by the Union Planters Bank to Southside Church of God in Christ, located nearby on McLemore Avenue. Except for a brief time when it was used as a soup kitchen, it was allowed to deteriorate so it was torn down in 1989. The neighborhood had deteriorated badly and by 1998, a group of concerned people and anonymous philanthropists spearheaded a nonprofit revitalization effort for the area which was dubbed Soulsville after the slogan "Soulsville U.S.A." which Stax called its studio on its former theater marquee as a counterpoint to Motown Records' Hitsville U.S.A.
Construction began on the Stax Museum and adjacent Stax Music Academy on April 2001 and the museum opened in May 2003. The Stax Museum is a replica of the Stax recording studio, the former Capitol Theatre, down to the sloping floor of studio A. It is a 17,000 square feet (1,600 m2) museum with more than 2,000 videos, films, photographs, original instruments used to record Stax hits, stage costumes, interactive exhibits, and other items of memorabilia. Some of the standout exhibits include an authentic 101-year-old Mississippi Delta church to help show the gospel roots of soul music; the Soul Train dance floor, Isaac Hayes' restored 1972 gold-trimmed, peacock-blue Cadillac El Dorado; and a changing gallery where special exhibits change five times each year.
Because the Stax Museum is one of only a handful of museums in the world dedicated to soul music (the Motown Museum in Detroit is another), it not only celebrates the legacy of Stax Records and its artists such as Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, the Staple Singers, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, Booker T. & the MGs, Rufus and Carla Thomas and others, but also features other soul music labels such as Motown, Hi Records, Atlantic Records, and Muscle Shoals, and visitors are treated to vintage video footage of non-Stax artists such as Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Ann Peebles, The Jackson Five, Patti LaBelle, Parliament-Funkadelic, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Ike & Tina Turner, and others.
The Stax Music Academy is a state-of-the-art facility where primarily at-risk youth are mentored through music education and unique performance opportunities they would otherwise likely never experience. The building also houses The Soulsville Charter School, an academically rigorous, musically rich school where students study math, language arts, science, social studies, and orchestra. Their Soulsville Symphony Orchestra has played for the likes of Stevie Wonder, John Legend, and Isaac Hayes.
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Autozone Park
200 Union Ave Memphis TN
~15.85 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Memphis TN
~15.87 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is an art museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The Brooks Museum, which was founded in 1916, is the oldest and largest art museum in the state of Tennessee. The museum is a privately funded nonprofit institution located in Overton Park in Midtown Memphis.
The original Beaux-Arts building, a registered U.S. National Landmark designed by James Gamble Rogers in 1913, was donated by Bessie Vance Brooks in memory of her husband, Samuel Hamilton Brooks. The cylindrical extension, opened in 1955, was designed by Memphis architect Everett Woods. The Brooks’ facilities also include the Brooks Museum Store, the Brushmark Restaurant, the Holly Court garden, and a grand terrace that overlooks the greens and trees of Overton Park.
The facility consists of 29 galleries, art classrooms, a print study room with over 4,500 works of art on paper, a research library with over 5,000 volumes, and an auditorium. The collection has over seven thousand works of art, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, and examples of the decorative arts. Of particular note are the Samuel H. Kress Collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, the Hugo N. Dixon Collection of Impressionist paintings, the Levy Collection of American prints, the Goodman Book Collection, and the Goodheart Collection of Carl Gutherz paintings, drawings, and archival material.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Business District (Neighborhood)
Millington TN
~16.09 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Rhodes College
Millington TN
~16.25 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Rhodes College is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Founded in 1848, Rhodes enrolls approximately 1,700 students. About one third of Rhodes students go on to graduate or professional school soon after graduation. The acceptance rates of Rhodes alumni to law and business schools are around 95%, and the acceptance rate to medical schools is nearly twice the national average.
Rhodes College is featured in Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives[4] and on the cover of the 2008 Princeton Review Complete Book of Colleges
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Memphis Zoo
Memphis TN
~16.34 miles from Olive Branch city center
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The Memphis Zoo, located in Midtown Memphis, Tennessee, is home to more than 3,500 animals representing over 500 different species. Created in April 1906, the zoo has been a major tenant of Overton Park for more than 100 years. The land currently designated to the Memphis Zoo was defined by the Overton Park master plan in 1988, it is owned by the City of Memphis. The zoo is set on 76 acres (0.31 km2), of which approximately 55 acres (0.22 km2) are developed.
In 2008, the Memphis Zoo was ranked "#1 Zoo in the U.S." by TripAdvisor.com. The ranking was based on visitor opinions.
Since the early 1990s, the Memphis Zoo has invested over $77 million for renovation and expansion. The zoo's animal inhabitants reside in three zones with 19 exhibits, such as Teton Trek, Northwest Passage and China, home to Giant Pandas Ya Ya and Le Le
The Memphis Zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Sun Studio
Memphis TN
~17.03 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Sun Studio was opened by rock pioneer Sam Phillips at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 3, 1950. It was originally called Memphis Recording Service, sharing the same building with the Sun Records label business. Reputedly the first rock-and-roll single, Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats' "Rocket 88" was recorded there in 1951 with song composer Ike Turner on keyboards, leading the studio to claim status as the birthplace of rock & roll. Blues and R&B artists like Howlin' Wolf, Junior Parker, Little Milton, B.B. King, James Cotton, Rufus Thomas, and Rosco Gordon recorded there in the early 1950s.
Rock-and-roll, country music, and rockabilly artists, including unknowns recording demos and others like Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Charlie Feathers, Ray Harris, Warren Smith, Charlie Rich, and Jerry Lee Lewis, signed to the Sun Records label recorded there throughout the latter 1950s until the studio outgrew its Union Avenue location. Sam Phillips opened the larger Sam C. Phillips Recording Studio, better known as Phillips Recording, in 1959 to take the place of the older facility. Since Sam had invested in the Holiday Inn Hotel chain earlier, he also recorded artist starting in 1963 on the label Holiday Inn Records for Kemmons Wilson.
In 1969, Sam Phillips sold the label to Shelby Singleton, and there was no recording-related or label-related activity again in the building until the September 1985 Class of '55 recording sessions with Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash, produced by Chips Moman.
In 1957, Bill Justis recorded his Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy" for Sam Phillips and worked as a musical director at Sun Records.
In 1987, the original building housing the Sun Records label and Memphis Recording Service was reopened as "Sun Studio", a recording business and tourist attraction that has attracted many notable artists including U2, who recorded tracks for Rattle and Hum there on newer equipment Sun had purchased from producer Terry Manning.
In May 2009, Canadian blues artist JW-Jones recorded with blues legend Hubert Sumlin, Larry Taylor and Richard Innes for his 2010 release at the studio. In July 2009, John Mellencamp recorded nine songs for his album No Better than This at the studio. Wes Paul and his group The Wes Paul Band are recording their album at Sun this forthcoming May.
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Hunt Phelan Home
Memphis TN
~17.14 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Built mostly by slave labor in 1828, the Hunt-Phelan Home displays a rich and elegant past. Several hundred slaves were taught English by members of the Freedmen's Bureau at an on-ite school house.
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Woodruff Fontaine House
Memphis TN
~17.32 miles from Olive Branch city center
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This 1870s house is part of Victorian Village , where the few homes in Memphis dating from the 1800s have been preserved and restored. In addition to the furniture and decorative arts displayed inside, the house also has an exhibit of clothing from the Victorian era. Look at the cinched waists and layers of velvet and wonder how the Victorian ladies survived the hot Memphis summers. Tours are held every half hour.
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Mallory Neely House
Memphis TN
~17.35 miles from Olive Branch city center
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The Mallory-Neely House is a historic residence on 652 Adams Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. It is located in the Victorian Village of Memphis.
Around 1852, the mansion was built in the Italian villa-style architecture. From 1852 until 1969, the mansion was home to the families of Isaac Kirtland, Benjamin Babb, James C. Neely, Daniel Grant and Barton Lee Mallory.
In the 1880s and 1890s, the house was extensively renovated. During the renovation, the original two and one half stories of the building were extended to three full stories and the tower of the building was enlarged. After the renovation, the house consisted of 25 rooms. The Neely family decorated the mansion in the Victorian style, with parquet flooring, ornamental plasterwork and ceiling stenceling.
In 1969, the last resident of the mansion, Daisy Neely-Mallory, died at age 98. According to her wish, the house was deeded to the Daughters, Sons, and Children of the American Revolution.
In 1972, the Victorian Village district of Memphis was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. And in 1973, the mansion was turned into a museum. The museum is operated by the City of Memphis and Museums Inc. since 1987 and part of the Pink Palace Family of Museums.
In 2009, the Mallory-Neely House is closed to the public. A sign installed at the museum informs visitors that the property is closed to the public temporarily, due to the budget situation of the City of Memphis and that the house will re-open upon the availability of funding.
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Chucalissa Archaeological Museum
Memphis TN
~17.38 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Before Europeans set foot upon Mississippi Valley Soil, American Indians had developed a vibrant and sophisticated culture in the Memphis area. Chucalissa Museum allows visitors to explore the lifeways of these people.
Operated by the University of Memphis, Chucalissa serves as a gateway into understanding the science of archaeology and the interpretation of Native American history. Our museum exhibits interpret the prehistory of the Mid-South, and contemporary Southeastern Indian cultures.
The C.H. Nash Museum was founded in 1956 following the rediscovery of a Mississippian mound complex by workers preparing the T.O. Fuller State Park in the late 1930's. The site was separated from the park and developed as a laboratory for training archaeologists and as a place to interpret archaeology to the broader public. This mission continues today with our museum exhibitions, tours, public events and educational programs.
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